By Mai Summer Vue The Community United for Education Justice (CUEJ) held a press conference on Aug. 8 to announce a recall campaign of Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) Trustee Tony Vang. Vang [...] Continue Reading
Politics
SaveFTA Seeks Justice in Union Election
By Jerome Rice On May 29, the ballots were counted in the runoff election for president of the Fresno Teachers Association (FTA). Mai Summer Vue defeated Eva Ruiz by 51 votes (more than 5% of the [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Voting Guideline for State Propositions
Compiled by Michael D. Evans Prop 30 Prop 31 Prop 32 Prop 33 Prop 34 Prop 35 Prop 36 Prop 37 Prop 38 Prop 39 Prop 40 Central Valley Progressive [...] Continue Reading
America: Free to be Green or an Undiscovered Country?
By Richard Gomez Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein is bringing the fight that’s going on at the grassroots level—for our homes, jobs, single-payer healthcare, student education, [...] Continue Reading
Barr-Sheehan 2012: Real Peace, Real Freedom
By Dan Yaseen On Aug. 4, the Peace and Freedom Party nominated Roseanne Barr for President and Cindy Sheehan for Vice President. Barr’s campaign states: This is an exciting time for us to vote our [...] Continue Reading
Arguably the Most Important
By Ruth Gadebusch Buried deep in the ballot coming to you in a few weeks will be school board elections. Don’t be misled by that placement or by the many who belittle that job as of little [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Our Voice from Inside the Prison Industrial Complex A lot has happened in the past several months that prevented me from submitting articles to the Community Alliance about life behind prison walls [...] Continue Reading
Listening to the Ghosts of Fresno
By Paul Gilmore “Every city is full of ghosts, and learning to see some of them is one of the arts of becoming a true local.”—Rebecca Solnit Why in the last couple of months have thousands of people [...] Continue Reading
Two Tales of a City
By Richard Stone A visit to Fresno’s homeless encampments, like the ones being dismantled by the City this week as I write, is eye-opening. It is a world of its own. The structures are ramshackle, [...] Continue Reading
With Your Help, We Can and Shall Abolish the Death Penalty
By Maria Telesco Thanks to all for your responses to the booklet A Taxpayer’s Guide to the California Death Penalty. Now that you’ve read it and know the facts, we are preparing for the next phase. A [...] Continue Reading
Phantom OIR Report Still Eluding Scrutiny
By Gerry Bill Last month, we reported on the ongoing saga of the missing final report done by Eddie Aubrey, the former head of Fresno’s Office of Independent Review. The report is supposed to be a [...] Continue Reading
The People United
By Mike Rhodes We all agree with the chant “the people united, will never be defeated” when we hear it at a rally or a march. Some participants will raise their fist into the air and shout the slogan [...] Continue Reading